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Slashing knife crime

The ever-present spectre of knife crime has come to the fore again with the stabbing of a 27-year-old man at a music awards ceremony in London.

Labour MP Keith Vaz said that efforts to fight the rising trend were not working at the launch of a cross-party knife crime inquiry.

Speak to local community groups, police and schools to see what initiatives they are running to education people about knife crime.

Have figures dramatically dropped through pioneering education programmes in local schools?